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LOT 1459
Western Asiatic Silver Buckle Group
6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 - 1 3/8 in. (21.48 grams total, 32-34 mm).
Each a kidney-shaped loop and a D-shaped buckle plate, one pierced to accept rivets and the other with pierced lugs to the underside. [2]
ProvenanceAcquired before 1983.
Ex London gallery, 1990s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 1459
Western Asiatic Silver Buckle Group
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Bronze Bull's Head Mount
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Modelled in the half-round with large lentoid eyes and small crescentic horns; stud through the muzzle and a loop behind the horns. 5.59 grams, 25.3 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Stylus
Late 1st millennium A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising a barrel-shaped facetted socket with a rivetted lug to the rear, the body extending to a tapering nib with a sharp point. 17.8 grams, 84 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Pierced Pottery Chalice
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising a hollow-formed flared foot with vertical slits, poppy-head bowl with everted rim supported by two small lugs; two rows of perforations at the shoulder. 460 grams, 14.5 cm
From the collection of a gentleman, 1988-2000s.
